README: internal install, quality over Bluetooth, stall recovery

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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1. On the phone: **Settings → Applications → Unknown sources** (tick it). 1. On the phone: **Settings → Applications → Unknown sources** (tick it).
2. Copy `Minamp.apk` to the SD card (USB cable, or download it in the browser) and open it 2. Copy `Minamp.apk` to the SD card (USB cable, or download it in the browser) and open it
with a file manager, or from a computer: `adb install Minamp.apk`. with a file manager, or from a computer: `adb install Minamp.apk`.
3. The app can live on the SD card (Settings → Applications → Manage → Minamp → Move to SD card), 3. Minamp installs to internal storage (about 1 MB): an app on the SD card is killed whenever the
which helps with the Mini's tiny internal storage. phone shares its SD card over USB, which stopped the music.
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@@ -56,11 +56,16 @@ clock has been reset to before 2024 the certificate date check is skipped rather
* MP3, AAC (M4A) and Ogg Vorbis play directly. FLAC, ALAC etc. are transcoded to MP3 by the * MP3, AAC (M4A) and Ogg Vorbis play directly. FLAC, ALAC etc. are transcoded to MP3 by the
server (Android 2.2/2.3 can't decode FLAC). server (Android 2.2/2.3 can't decode FLAC).
* **Menu → Settings**: separate quality for home Wi-Fi (default *Original*) and for away/mobile * **Menu → Settings**: separate quality for home Wi-Fi (default *Original*) and for away/mobile
data (default *192 kbps MP3*); 320/256/192/128/96 kbps available. data (default *192 kbps MP3*); 320/256/192/128/96 kbps available. *Quality over Bluetooth*
(default 192 kbps) caps both while the sound goes to a Bluetooth speaker: on the Mini, Wi-Fi and
Bluetooth share one radio, and a lighter stream keeps the speaker from stuttering.
* Seeking in a transcoded track restarts the transcode at the new position. * Seeking in a transcoded track restarts the transcode at the new position.
* If a stream fails, Minamp re-picks the connection and resumes; if it fails again it downloads * If a stream fails, Minamp re-picks the connection and resumes; if it fails again it downloads
the whole track first and plays from the SD card. "Download tracks before playing" forces that the whole track first and plays from the SD card. "Download tracks before playing" forces that
mode (useful on flaky mobile data). mode (useful on flaky mobile data). Playback that stalls ("playing" but the time doesn't move
for 10 s) is recovered the same way.
* A Bluetooth speaker that drops its link for a moment pauses Minamp, which resumes by itself if the
speaker is back within 20 s. Why playback paused or stopped is written to the connection log.
* Plays are reported to Plex (Now Playing in the Plex dashboard, play counts, resume position). * Plays are reported to Plex (Now Playing in the Plex dashboard, play counts, resume position).
## Features ## Features